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Prince Harry will pay a special visit to the minefield Princess Diana famously walked through during a major tour of Africa.

Buckingham Palace has announced details of Harry, Meghan Markle and their baby Archie Harrison’s royal trip around the continent.

The Sussexes will fly to southern Africa on September 23 for the 10-day trip until October 2 on behalf of the UK government.

During the tour Harry will break off to make several individual visits, including making a “significant and poignant” journey to Angola.

The duke will travel to the country to pay homage to the anti-landmine work of his mum Diana, Princess of Wales.

Diana made the plight of the landmines a major story through her work

Harry will pay tribute to his mum by visiting the landmines she bravely travelled to

His mum famously walked through a cleared minefield in Angola in 1997 to highlight the plight of those maimed by military munitions.

The Princess never got to see her work to help outlaw landmines come to fruition as she died before the international treaty to ban the military weapons was signed later that year, a few months after she was killed in a Paris car crash.

In a Buckingham Palace press release about the tour, the communications secretary to the duke and duchess said: “In a particularly significant and poignant journey, The Duke of Sussex will have the opportunity to return to Angola to see first-hand the legacy of his mother the late Diana, Princess of Wales, whose visit to Huambo in 1997 helped raise awareness of the threat posed by landmines to communities and livelihoods.

“The work of the late Princess, and commitment to this issue, changed global opinion.

Diana had to wear body armour and a visor for her trip to the minefields in Angola

Diana's famous trip came on on January 30, 1997, tragically months before her horror death

“Now, more than two decades later, humanitarian de-mining work continues and the Angolan Government has made a significant financial commitment to clearing landmines from another large area important for conservation of Angola’s unique ecosystem. “

"The Duke will launch this new project, operated by the HALO Trust, and will also visit Huambo to see how, what was once a dangerous area, has developed into a thriving community after being cleared of mines.

“There he will meet the men and women who have undertaken the dangerous and vital work of mine clearing and visit the orthopaedic centre that is treating mine victims."

Diana never got to see the rewards of her work

While Meghan and Archie will spend the entire duration of the tour in South Africa, Harry will leave his family to tour Angola, Malawi and Botswana before being reunited with them in Johannesburg.

The Sussexes will be taking son Archie on his first official overseas trip and although he has not been included in their schedule, it is understood the couple hope to publicly introduce him to Africa at some point.